Letter, 1957, January 14.

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Letter, 1957, January 14.

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Letter, January 14, 1957, from Jackie Robinson to Horace Stoneham requesting to be placed on the voluntary retired list. Robinson had decided to devote his full time to business opportunities. January 16, 1957, Warren Giles, President of the National League, endorsed Robinson's decision. The letter was written on Chock full O'Nuts letter head and is signed by both Robinson and Giles.

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Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972

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Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. R...

Stoneham, Horace.,

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